MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 28, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
Change to
Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 1–1, 2 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Gus Varland wins 1 (WHIP); Tejay Antone wins 1 (ERA); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.1
Tejay Antone
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
10.9%
Tejay Antone
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.6%
Tejay Antone
24.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
32.6%
Tejay Antone
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
50.0%
Tejay Antone
33.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
15.7%
Tejay Antone
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.392
Tejay Antone
.297
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Gus Varland
3.105.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.76
Tejay Antone
3.105.79
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
.9901.71
now 1.55
1.24
Tejay Antone
.9901.71
now 1.15
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4028
now 20
0
Tejay Antone
4028
now 7
0
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0001.48
now 1
0–0
Tejay Antone
.0001.48
now 0
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
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